Emmert set for huge shipments through Idaho
Clackamas-based Emmert International will begin trucking oil refinery drums holding replacement parts for a ConocoPhillips refinery in Montana through Idaho.
Oregon Business Team
Compressed wood technology opens new markets
OSU professor Fred Kamke has partnered with Corvallis Tool Company for years to develop his Viscoelastic Thermal Compression technology.
Barge pollutes Columbia
A converted Liberty Ship from WWII has split open and is leaking oil into the Columbia River.
Clueless in the C-Suite
CEOs — and others in the C-Suite — can find themselves in a bubble, an alternate reality, detached from what’s really happening in the business. Here is how you can figure out whether you are in a bubble like that, and how you can get out.
Site unmasks telecom prices
A nonprofit has created a website to demystify the price differences between phone and internet service providers.
From the Editor: Stories of success bring springtime to February
As I look at the sum of all the parts of this issue, I’m more than a little surprised at how the unintentional theme is success. Big and small, urban and rural. We didn’t plan it that way, but there it is.
Input: Time to overhaul state’s tax system
As the tax debate rages in the halls of Congress and Salem, we asked readers for their opinions on a variety of state and federal tax issues.
Persistence pays for Painted Hills
Mehrten Homer, president of Painted Hills Natural Beef, makes a bold shift from mass meat to premium products.
Startup develops high tech hunting suit
Human Energy Concealment Systems specializes in gear that conceals hunters’ electromagnetic fields from prey.
Portland rated a top real estate buy
Low vacancy rates in the Portland retail, office and industrial real estate sectors have made the city a good choice for investors looking to put money back into the market.